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Drachm of Kyrene with youth riding horse, struck under Polianthes
Greek
Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
375–308 B.C.
Mint: Cyrenaica, Kyrene
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 4.30 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1216
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1329.
DescriptionObverse: Rider in chlamys on horse walking to right on a line.
Inscription in Greek at left above.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
Beaded border.
Inscription in Greek at left above.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Silphion plant with flowers.
Inscription in Greek in field at left and right.
Beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1353); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren